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Originally Posted by Willravel
Ah, but I just made up atheist heaven so I make the rules. Everybody gets in, even cynthetiq.
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Ahem...your "atheist heaven" doesn't sound too different from my idea of a conventional heaven
When it comes to friends and religion, I find I often get along better with atheists and agnostics than other people of faith; however, there are notable exceptions, and it really depends on the tolerance level of the other person. My best friends in high school were both committed Christians, one Catholic, one evangelical, but they were both very tolerant people. I have a good friend now who is a devoted Catholic, but one of the things that drives her in life is to get to know others who are not like she is, plus she's a passionate scientist. So long as a person is still interested in critical thought, I'm interested in getting to know them. Faith and critical thought are not necessarily mutually exclusive, but it's been my experience that for some people, they are.